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Leveraging with Information Technology: References

Module by: Global Text Project. E-mail the authorEdited By: Dr. Donald J. McCubbrey

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Business Fundamentals was developed by the Global Text Project, which is working to create open-content electronic textbooks that are freely available on the website http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu. Distribution is also possible via paper, CD, DVD, and via this collaboration, through Connexions. The goal is to make textbooks available to the many who cannot afford them. For more information on getting involved with the Global Text Project or Connexions email us at drexel@uga.edu and dcwill@cnx.org.

Editors: Donald J McCubbrey (Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, USA) and Garry Woods (CommerceNext LLC, USA)

Reviewer: Richard A Scudder (Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, USA)

(Friedman 2005) Friedman, Thomas, “The World is Flat” 1st edition, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005, ISBN 0-374-29288-4.

(Gartner 2008) Feinberg, Donald “The Growing Maturity of Open-Source Database Management Systems” http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/sunmicrosystems/volume1/article2/article2.html Accessed January 31, 2009.

(Google 2009) http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

(Information Systems 2008) Information Systems 2008, Global Text.

(Microsoft 2009) http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Office-Suites/

(MySQL 2009) http://www.mysql.com/

(Openoffice 2009) http://www.openoffice.org/

(Standish 2009) http://www1.standishgroup.com/newsroom/chaos_2009.php, accessed July 27, 2009

(Stille 2009) http://www.qcisolutions.com/dbinfo1.htm

(Zoho 2009) http://zoho.com/

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